In 2025, fire departments serving Puxico responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 90% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
28 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 5 | -16.7% | |
| 2024 | 4 | -20.0% | |
| 2025 | 10 | +150.0% |
* Well below Puxico's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 5 building fires Puxico departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 2 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Puxico mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Puxico sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,626 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,422 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,595 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,227 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 613 | 44.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 569 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 495 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 437 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 429 | 21.2 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 400 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 388 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 334 | 29.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 316 | 30.8 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63960 | 28 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Puxico. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Puxico.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.